How I was tricked - 18-year-old Badoo suspect confesses

How I was tricked - 18-year-old Badoo suspect confesses

- Chibuzor Igwe, an 18-year-old boy who is the one of the five Badoo cult suspects has disclosed how he was tricked into the deadly group

- Igwe declared that he became a Badoo member in November, 2017

- The suspect said he approached one of the alleged leaders of the cult for a driving job but was lured into the gang

Chibuzor Igwe, an 18-year-old boy who is the one of the five Badoo cult suspects paraded on Thursday, January 4, at the Lagos state police command headquarters in Ikeja said he was tricked into joining Badoo cult.

Punch reports that Igwe said he had approached one of the alleged leaders of the cult, Obamoyegun Omotayo for a driving job but was lured into the gang.

According to him, ''I am a Badoo member. Around November, I told Obamoyegun (Omotayo) that I wanted to be his driver because I saw him with new cars. He told me that it would take some time before he would give me the job. During that time, he called me.''

A Badoo cult member being quizzed by the press. Credit: Osodi Emmanuel
A Badoo cult member being quizzed by the press. Credit: Osodi Emmanuel

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It was learnt that the state commissioner of police Edgal Imohimi stopped the interview and ordered him and the other suspects be taken away.

Imohimi claimed that the suspects’ confession would jeopardise police investigations and efforts to arrest other members of the gang.

Earlier, while briefing journalists on the arrests, the CP identified other Badoo suspects as Chibuzor’s elder brother, Uche Igwe; a welder, Samuel Akaeze, aka Samito; his wife, Gift Akaeze; and a herbalist, Fatai Adebayo, aka Adaripon.

According to Imohimi, Gift provides information on the targets whom the assailants consequently attack.

He said Igwe was apprehended while he wanted to escape from Alabo Street, Abule Osorun, Ibeshe, Ikorodu, where the gang smashed the heads of a couple and their five-month-old baby on December 30, 2017.

Imohimi explained that Igwe, Samuel and Omotayo carried out the attack, adding that by the time a joint team of policemen and a vigilance group responded to a distress call, Samuel and Omotayo had fled.

A Badoo cult member being quizzed by the press. Credit: Osodi Emmanuel
A Badoo cult member being quizzed by the press. Credit: Osodi Emmanuel

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He said: ''The gang of three murderers comprises Chibuzor Igwe, Samuel Akaeze, aka Samito and Obamoyegun Omotayo. Omotayo usually sprays a powdery substance into victims’ dwelling places that would make them to fall into deep sleep before they end their lives by smashing their skulls with grinding stones.

“Omotayo, having satisfied that the victims are dead, will use white handkerchiefs to mop their blood for ritual purposes. However, luck ran out on them when one of the victims raised the alarm which attracted the local vigilance group.

‘’The group in turn alerted the police in that area and the compound was cordoned off, leading to the arrest of Chibuzor Igwe at the scene. Also arrested is one Gift Akaeze, wife of Samuel, who provides information about where to strike for the group.”

Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that the menace of the dreaded Badoo cultists in Ikorodu area of the state which claimed many lives is being brought to an end by the officers of the Lagos police command.

Legit.ng visits family attacked by Badoo cult group - on Legit.ng TV:

Source: Legit.ng

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